City should get creative on Wegmans problem

The answer to the closing of the Wegmans on Pond Street will not come from Wegmans, and it shouldn't. The city needs to step up and offer the owners of Dominick's Market on Green Street a ''Congel of a deal'' and fix this now! I'm not talking about some silly little PILOT deal, either. The city should simply buy the store and ''gift'' it to Dominick's Market and let them run with it.

Another solution could be for the Food Bank of CNY to team up with the Syracuse Food Co-Op for a joint venture. Perhaps they could qualify for federal and state grant monies in return for keeping a viable and vital service alive in an under-served and now blighted urban setting.

If it wasn't for Bob Congel dumbing down our leaders with his Three-card Monte game called Destiny, then maybe our leaders would have a small enough reserve of creativity left in their heads to find the solution.

Note: Author does not personally know and has no connection whatsoever to the owners of Dominick's Market. I simply know good customer service and solid business acumen when I see and experience it.